Clarion 1957-09-19 Vol 34 No 01

Milford Carlson, bursar, confers with freshmen girls Sharon
Skanse (left) and Lois Gotfredson (right) in the registration line.
6 Instructors Added
To Bethel Faculty
the CLARION
Volume XXXIV — No. 1
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, September 19, 1957
Approximately 500 Enrolled In College
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Gustavus President To Speak At Opening Convo
Convocation Enrollment
Enrollment Remains
Same As Last Year
Joining the Bethel faculty this fall are two full time and four
part time instructors.
Mr. Chris Weintz is teaching full time in the English department
while finishing work for a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. After
receiving his M.A. in English and education from Northern State
teacher's college in Aberdeen, S. D., Mr. Weintz taught English in a
high school in Laramie, Wyo. Because he was raised in Canada, the
Romanian born instructor just recently became an American citizen.
Coaching debate, teaching beginning speech, and providing instruc-tion
and supervision for gospel teams will be the work of Mr. Q. T.
Smith, new speech instructor. Recently a Southern Baptist pastor in
Kansas, M. Smith is a graduate of Northwestern college and received
his M.A. inc speech from the University of Minnesota.
In the Sociology department, replacing Dr. David 0. Moberg who
is lecturing in the University of Broningen, the Netherlands, on a Full-bright
Lectureship are two part time instructors who are currently
working on their doctors' degrees at the University of Minnesota.
Mr. Harlan Mickelson will be carrying the major teaching lead.
After spending the summer on a fellowship at the University of Oslo,
Norway, he is now finishing his dissertation in the areas of criminology
and juvenile delinquency. Mr. Mickelson completed his undergraduate
work at St. Olaf college in North-field,
Minn., and taught last year
at Luther college in Iowa.
Teaching one course each sem-ester
in the area of the family will
be Mr. Roy Rodgers, who is re-search
assistant for Dr. Reuben
Hill at the University of Minne-sota.
8 Students
To Receive
Full Tuition
Scholarships
Dr. Edgar Carlson, president of
Gustavus Adolphus college in St.
Peter, Minnesota, will speak at the
opening convocation, 11 a.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 3, in the fieldhouse.
Honor scholarships providing
full tuition for the year will be
presented to three seniors and five
juniors.
Seniors receiving these scholar-ships
are George Dvirnak, Sylvia
Jackson, and Beverly Otterness.
Karen Christensen, Janet Lind-quist,
Evan Rodgers, Lynn Weaver,
and Gerry Wilber are the juniors
to be granted scholarships.
Scholarships of $500 and $200
will be awarded to two seminary
students who have not yet been
determined.
Faculty and students participat-ing
in the program will wear aca-demic
robes.
Honor scholarships are awarded
to students who have earned a 2.5
honor point ratio by the end of the
preceding year.
Receiving the scholarship for
the second time are George Dvir-nak
and Beverly Otterness.
Campus Calendar
September 19—Gospel team work-shop
20, 21—Choir and Chorus Re-treat
20—Pow Wow at Como (Kan-garoo
Court)
21—Football at Northland
23—Freshmen - Faculty recep-tion
24, 25, 26—Gospel team audi-tions
24—Art club
25—Big-N-Little Sis tea, 3 p.m.
26—Cultural council program
27—Seminary registration
28—Football at Wahpeton
29—Fall Round-Up, fairgrounds
30—Seminary registration
October 3—Honors Convocation
Dalton Appointed
CLARION Advisor
New faculty advisor for the
CLARION will be Roy C. Dalton,
associate professor of history.
When he was a Bethel student,
Dr. Dalton served on the CLARION
staff.
Gerry Wilber, college junior, has
been appointed CLARION feature
editor. During the past year Gerry
has been a reporter, feature wri-ter,
and photo editor.
Circulation manager for the year
will be Marilyn Pippert, sopho-more.
Jan Landes, returning sopho-more
will be the news editor.
When at Bethel two years ago,
Jan was active as a reporter and
news editor.
Fall Round-Up,
Formal Banquet
Set For 28, 5
Fall Round-Up, the variety show
with a western theme, will be held
at the fairgrounds Saturday, Sept.
28. There will be a chuck wagon,
bon fire, skits and much more, Art
Elcickson,- -social- council chairman,
announced. "All yokels can come,"
he added. They should bring blan-kets
and a quarter.
A formal banquet at the Bilt
Mor Motor Inn at Highway 100
and Junction 169 in South Minne-apolis
will be held the following
Saturday, October 5, following the
football game with Sioux Falls.
Speaker will be Jerry Kendall,
major league baseball player with
the Chicago Cubs, Gene Messenger
will M. C., and a 20 voice male
choral group will sing. Tickets
are $2.99 per person or $5.98 for
a couple.
Something has been planned for
every weekend, Art stated, adding
that he hopes students make good
use of their social calendars.
College, Sem
Redecorating
Completed
Redecorating was done in the
college and seminary buildings as
well as the dormitories.
In the college building the sec-ond
floor has been redone with new
light fixtures installed. The col-lege
office has been rebuilt, en-larging
the offices of Edna Schultz,
executive secretary, and Dean Lar-son.
In the Seminary, the former
dormitory floor is renovated with
new offices for the faculty. Dean
Omark, his secretary, and the new
registrar have new offices at the
south end of the building. A new
lounge is located in the basement
in place of the laundry and storage
rooms.
Unfortunately for those privi-leged
to live in the new wings of
the dormitories, the joy is some-what
belated. The charge for the
delay in completion of the' build-ings
is directed to the steel strike
of last year.
Unofficial word indicates that
the work in the girl's dorm is ex-pected
to be finished in about two
weeks and in the boys' dorm short-ly
after.
Meanwhile, as the dining hall
and the dorms are being complet-ed,
temporary eating accomoda-tions
have been set up on the fair
grounds. Interim housing for the
men has been arranged by install-ing
extra bunks in the present
rooms and in the library and Ed-gren
basement. Similar arrange-ments
have been made for the wo-men.
Although some inconvenience
is created, hopes are high for those
who will live in the new wings.
Another project being carried
on is the rebuilding of the boiler
plant. The building will house a
new boiler which should produce
adequate heat for the present
campus.
Two part time teachers from
local high schools have been em-ployed
to teach special methods
courses in education. Teaching
Special Methods in History and
Social Studies will be Dr. Roy
Meyers, head of the history and
social studies departments at
Mounds View high school in New
Brighton. Instructor in art at
Johnson high school in St. Paul,
Mrs. Helen McKinney, will teach
art education.
Because of the resignation of
Miss Marina Axeen, Dr. David
Guston has been designated as
acting librarian. Assisting him
half-time will be Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller who recently received a
masters degree in library science
from the University of Minnesota.
Among the new instructors on campus this year are Mr. Q. T.
Smith (left) and Mr. Chris Weintz, here discussing the college cata-logue.
Mr. Smith will teach in the Speech department and Mr. Weintz
in the English.
Approximately 475 - 500 had enrolled in all college classes by Tues-day
evening, according to an unofficial report from the college office.
This figure is comparable to the number of students registering
last year which was officially 498.
Although the breakdown into class is not complete, Clifford Lar-son,
dean of college, stated that the proportion is roughly the same.
There were about 225 freshmen who registered last year.
An increasing number of juniors have transferred from other four
year colleges to complete their courses of study at Bethel, Dean Larson
added.
He expressed his delight with the quality of students this year,
especially the ability of the incoming class, as shown by the leadership,
apptitude, and reference forms.
Last year the enrollment had in-creased
approximately 12 per cent
over the 428 enrollment in 1955.
Official registration figures will
be released by the college office
in three weeks.
Vicarious Something To Think On
by L. Van Heerden
Living "When Peter saw him (John), he said to Jesus, "Lord,
what about this man ?" Jesus said to him, "If it is my will
that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
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Thursday, September 19, 1957
Editorials
Bethel Welcomes You
by Jack Tierney
"Welcome to Bethel." If you haven't heard that phrase enough al-ready
I am sure you will. I hope it does not impress you as something
trite and glibly stated. It certainly is not meant to be. For let us ask
ourselves what is involved when we say "Welcome to Bethel."
Are we welcoming you just to pit your speed and craftiness against
the motorist on Snelling Ave. in an attempt to get a morsel of food ?
Are we welcoming you to vast acres of shade covered lawns with little
babbling brooks called Bethel campus ? Are we welcoming you to the
piles of plaster dust in the unfinished dormitory additions ? Quite
obviously the answer would be no. These things may or may not exist
but when we say welcome it is not to these things. Rather we would
welcome you to self-realization.
As important as Bethel's physical appearance, scholastic rating,
athletic prowess, religious, cultural and social development may be,
it is only of value when you put it to use. Bethel is not just two
square blocks or seven buildings. It is not just literature, history or
science. It is not just gospel teams or football games. It is in a sense,
you. It is your opportunity to use provided facilities to increase your
intellectual capacities, contemplate and develop your Christian life, par-ticipate
in intercollegiate and intramural sports, and have a direct
hand in the governmental policies for the student body. In essence you
have the potential to develop and train yourself to become the best.
Again, welcome to Bethel. We sincerely hope that this year will
contain experiences for you that will be of great profit in all areas of
your development as you strive for a successful and victorious life.
CLARION Purpose Stated
Bethel is an organization of people with ideas and emotions. Be-cause
men trusted in God and worked in foregoing years, Bethel has
developed into the institution that it is today. We respect and love
its ideals and hopes.
No one though will defend Bethel as perfect yet. Students, staff,
faculty, administration, organizations, programs, ideas, ambitions, etc.
are all subject to human imperfection. To recognize this is the first
step toward betterment and truth.
Editorial columns are a vital part of any newspaper. It is in these
columns that facts and interpretation of these facts are given. Opin-ions
and ideas are added to give the facts meaning and importance to
the reader. The editorial writer's purpose, of course, is to persuade
readers to his opinions and at times to stimulate action. To do this
well and honestly, his reason must be keen, his insight discerning, and
his intentions directed to a positive good.
An editorial can be harmful if its only purpose is to ferret out
insignificant mistakes for sensational expose. But it is a useless tool
if it vainly babbles and ignores the serious problems of the institu-tion.
The editorial column can serve a positive good in not only pointing
to the truth but by showing ways of obtaining it.
The purpose of the CLARION as with any other paper is to report
the news in as clear and honest a way possible. Yet news coverage is
only a part of our task. We want to serve Bethel as a newspaper should
in our editorial column. We beg, that in this new year, that you, our
reader, will dismiss any prejudices that might have arisen in the past
and bear patiently with us as we try to direct the CLARION as a
positive force in making Bethel still better.
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"Bethel, the House of God."
This, perhaps more than any
other factor, made us choose Bethel
for our liberal arts education.
As entering freshmen, we ex-pected
everyone on campus to be
"spiritual" Christians and hoped
for our life to be one continuous
"mountain top" experience.
Many of us were more than a
little disappointed to find out that
the people here are no different
than those we had always known.
There were a few like our pastor,
who lived the spiritual life we
just never seemed to be able to
live, but the majority were the
ordinary struggling-Christian type
we had left at home.
Disillusioned we slipped back
into the rut we were hoping to
avoid by coming to Bethel.
Almost accidentally we discov-ered
a few individuals with a fresh
approach to Christianity—a reali-zation
that although God is con-stant,
each individual's experience
with God is different.
A speaker evokes different res-ponses
from his audience when he
uses an emotionally loaded word
such as "mother" because of the
diverse backgrounds of the indivi-duals
in the audience. In much the
same way, people respond to God
differently because of their indivi-dual
backgrounds.
Realizing that our previous at-tempt
at knowing God had been
made by means of the experiences
of others—our pastor's, our Sun-day
School teacher's, our parent's,
our coming year at Bethel can be
be a year in which we end our
vicarious experience and begin a
vital knowledge of God.
We as young people have come
to college to live independently
of other people's experience in our
temporal life. Knowing that we
are individuals and that God is a
personal God, let us strive for in-dividuality
in our spiritual lives.
Zetteta to
de Ede:ten
Should be placed in the
box provided in the library
entrance.
me !
Even after the resurrection Peter was still too concerned about
the advances of his companion disciples. The remnants of jealousy
continued to gnaw within his breast. Jesus cut him short, in effect,
with a "mind your own business". I'm taking care of John and the
others. Your business is to follow me".
Jesus' advice to Peter can be a help to us. We live together at
Bethel in a somewhat closely knit community. More than that we are
in constant competition, consciously or not. Whether in the classroom,
on the athletic field, in the dorms, or in social relationships, we are
all involved in some kind of competition. In one sense this is healthy and
can be used to hammer out the best that is in us. On the other hand
it can easily lead to all kinds of fears, complexes, envyings and even
hatreds. Tragic though it is, our opportunities at Bethel can become
self-destructive.
Within reasonable limits, then, Jesus' advice to us is, "Mind your
own business." While always being eager to help another student, we
should at the same time leave everyone else to follow his intended
path and then concentrate on our particular tasks. Our goals should be
in line with our abilities. We should beat towards those goals regardless
of the success or failures of others. Each of us should follow our Christ,
not the next man's. In this way we can avoid fears (of another's suc-cesses),
uproot complexes and avoid jealousies. We can follow Christ
with single-mindedness.
"Art thou little, do thy little well,
And for thy comfort know,
The biggest man can do his biggest work
No better than just so."
Goethe
It Happens Every Fall
by Al Hubin
"Man the lifeboats — the freshmen are coming!"
This terrible cry heralds the end of another fine summer, and
the beginning of yet another freshmen invasion of Bethel. No longer
will the hallowed halls breathe with the quiet, pious, reverent whisper
of intelligent upperclassmen and partially indoctrinated freshmen.
No longer will common sense and justice reign. No longer will one
be able to think. And worst of all, no longer will one be able to play
ping-pong.
There will be freshmen everywhere — millions of them. Crawling,
jumping, creeping, slithering, galloping over every inch of the premises,
they will leave no gravestone unturned, no temper unriled, no head
unached. They will tackle the ping-pong tables with practiced vicious-ness,
every one of them. No matter how clumsy, each one will patiently
wait in line to flail wildly at a bit of celluloid but dimly seen, and
long will be remembered the wreckage thereof.
The chow line will be a jungle of horned-rim glasses, and myriads
of name cards pointing out that Joe Whothefrightisky is proudly from
Spot ?in-the-mul, Siberia. There will be what must be more than two
feet per, and the number of malignantly blank countenances will be
astounding. This collection will extend all over the women's dorm,
making it impossible for civilized people to eat. And even worse, when
one wishes to join friends at the head of the line, there will be diverse
exquisitely sharp elbows with freshmen on the other end to discourage
one.
Furthermore, when one is in a hurry to get to a class he is already
late for, there will be dozens of freshmen standing by, with faces even
blanker than normal, to inquire at length where such and such a class
is to be found, and why it isn't in a more sensible place. When this
has all been patiently rehashed many times, said freshmen will want
to know, a.) what time it is (back home on the farm we went by the
sun) b.) when do we eat (I'm hongry) and c.) why are you standing
here blocking the aisles. And all the while they're implying that some-how
you're enormously at fault everywhere.
Even worse is the little fellow with the "please, sir, where is my
mother" expression on his sad, small face, and equipped with a built-in
twitch. This one will pull nervously at your sleeve, and with a far-away,
shy, squeaky falsetto inquire as to the whereabouts of the lava-tory.
He will wear incredibly thick glasses which are practically opaque
and which he will be continually cleaning. He will submit to every
sophomore instigated indignity with nary a bleat, and he'll trudge
about the campus like a fellow carrying his household furniture on his
back. He looks to be about twelve.
Dorm life will be a small taste of fire and brimstone. An incredi-ble
racket will roll like waves about the halls, and in Edgren, Mr.
Walfred Peterson will be seen tearing out his already shortened hair
in huge bundles. At 11 p.m. the noise will increase a few thou-sand
decibels- and the following will be seen to occur in this order:
1. Upperclassmen looking wild-eyed, will streak to their rooms, and
begin soundproofing operations. 2. Any upperclassman sufficiently bless-ed
to be rooming with a freshman will commit suicide. 3. Mr. Peterson
will move his family to distant quarters with hitherto unimagined
velocity. There will be exceedingly much weeping and gnashing of
molars.
This may seem to be a bleak and dismal picture that's been painted
above. In fact, it may seem downright unliveable. (It is.) Well, I don't
give a hoot in a green beanie how bad it is. You see, I'm not attending
Bethel this year. I'm going to Wheaton where there are no freshmen.
(Editor's note: The foregoing article was reprinted upon request.)
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Services
Worship 9 and 11 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
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1957 Football Schedule
Northland—T Sept. 21
Wahpeton S.—T Sept. 27, Fri.
Sioux Falls—H Oct. 5
Mason City—T _____ Oct. 10, Thurs.
Gen. Beadle—T Oct. 19
Worthington—H Oct. 26
(Homecoming)
Lakeland—T Nov. 2
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Best Wishes for the
New Year
(WE/co/72E to
Elim Baptist Church
13th Ave. and Madison St. N.E., Mpls.
Rev. Virgil Olson, Interim Pastor
Frank Shindo, Youth Director
Morning Service
Sunday School
Special College Class
Evening Service
Youth Fellowship
Watch Bulletin Board for Bus Schedule
10:50 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
8:15 p.m.
Thursday, September 19, 1957 the CLARION Page 3
Jessup's Sport Jottings Royals Drop Opener
"Even though we lost 19-12, it was a good first game. We made
a lot of mistakes, but considering that it was our first showing and
we had only a few practices, the team did fairly well". These were
Coach Lynn Lundin's comments after the Royals dropped a 19-12
game to Hibbing on the Ramsey High School field last Saturday.
Lundin also commented, "Barring injuries and other unforeseen develop-ments,
Bethel should have a much stronger team than last year."
The Hibbing coach said last Saturday that his team was much
stronger this year than last. Considering this and the fact that Hibbing
blanked the Royals 13-0 in their opener last year, it seems indicative
that Bethel's squad must be much improved. Northland, Bethel's
opponent this Saturday, spoiled last year's Homecoming games 35-6. —
"Fritz" Fredrickson is the Bethel line coach again this year. All
1957 home games (with the exception of homecoming) will be played
at Ramsey. This is a big improvement over Highland Park. Still
missing and much needed at home games are a public address system,
concession stand, and pep band.
Watch for Denver to win the American Association playoffs and
play in the Junior World Series. — Minnesota University should take
a trip to the Rose Bowl January 1. Led by Bobby Cox, who's been ac-claimed
All-American in pre-season selections, and with lettermen re-turning
in every position, the Gophers should squeeze by Michigan,
Iowa, and Michigan State to capture first in the Big Ten and rank high
nationally. We'll pick ever-powerful Oklahoma as national champs. —
If it's a Braves - Yankes World Series, it will be the Yanks in seven
games, but don't rule the Cardinals out of the National League pennant
yet. If they overtake Milwaukee, the Redbirds should take the Series.
Coach Lundin Says
Gridmen Have Potential
Out to better last year's disappointing Bethel grid season are 31
Royals who, according to Coach Lynn Lundin, have more "raw poten-tial"
than any other Bethel team in the last few years. Last year the
Royals won only one game — that by a score of 39-0 over Sioux Falls
College — and dropped six.
Twelve returning gridders increase the prospects of a more suc-cessful
1957 record. Led by Bruce Erickson, captain and quarterback
of the team, the lettermen include linesmen Dave Davies, Art Erickson,
Stu Luckman, Denny Nerstad,
Howie Rekstad, Joel Stolte, and
backs Jim Jackson, Rich Samuel-son,
Don Sension, Dennis Sundeen,
and Clyde Thomas.
Newcomers and freshmen in-clude
linesmen Bob ,Brister, Neil
Christenson, Sid Duren, Don John-son
(Oakland, Calif.), Don John-son
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Carl
Linden, Carl Nelson, Ken Nelson,
Ron Nelson, Alan Penner, Phil
Peterson, Frank Salveson, Stan
Sharman, and Tom Warden. New
backs are Ray Fahlen, Bill Hum-phries,
Bob Johnson, Roger Pur-cell,
and Conrad Woodall.
Stacieats, /Veal and Old
Calvary Baptist Church
Invites you to attend
Worship Services 8:45 and 11 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
C Y F 5 :30 p.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
Lexington and Burke
10% Discount to Bethel Students at
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1541 West Larpenteur, near Snelling
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WELCOME STUDENTS!
We invite you to attend
Payne Avenue Baptist Church
Payne and Sims Avenues — St. Paul
Our services are as follows:
SUNDAY
9:45 a.m. — Bible School Hour
11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship.
6:00 p.m. — Youth Groups.
7:00 p.m. — Evening Service.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m. — Midweek prayer service.
8:30 p.m. — Choir rehearsal.
J. LEONARD CARROLL LLOYD CUMMINGS
Pastor Youth Director
The Bethel backfield men stop a down field run of Hibbing. Bruce
Erickson, number 34, is this year's captain.
Athletic Council Plans
For Coming Season
by R. D. Johnson
The athletic council has been extremely busy these past few days
planning a myriad of activities for the school year, particularly the
already begun (somewhat unsuccessfully) football season.
'Cheerleading is the biggest item on the calendar at the present time
stated council head Bob Johnson.
"Turnouts will be held the last
of this week and are open to all
who would like to try. We are
greatly interested in promoting
school spirit this year and the
council is therefore concerned that
the most qualified leadership pos-sible
will be obtained," continued
Mr. Johnson.
Further plans for the athletic
council are to reorganize the intra-mural
program and to attempt to
expand the area of women's sports.
Better advertising of games as
well as the creation of pep clubs
and bands are slated in hopes of
increasing student interest and
participation in athletics.
N. L. Hermes
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Hibbing Gains
1 9-1 2 Victory
Over Bethel
by Dennis Johnson
Hibbing Junior College ground
out a 19-12 victory over the Bethel
Royals last Saturday afternoon at
Alexander Ramsey high school
stadium.
Although the loss drenched the
hopes of Bethel winning their
opening game, the contest proved
interesting to the onlookers, most
of whom were registering fresh-men.
Hibbing began the afternoon by
recovering a costly fumble by the
Bethel backfield in their own end
zone. The extra point attempt was
missed. Bethel tied the game at
6-6 as Rich Samuelson, favored
with key downfield blocking,
caught a nine yard pass and romp-ed
46 yards to paydirt. Pat Ros-atti,
Hibbing's quarterback, tal-lied
a second quarter touchdown
on a 38 yard naked reverse run
around left end. Sogard kicked
the extra point to put Hibbing
ahead to stay. The Royals ended
the first half scoring as Bill
Humphries, 150 pound back from
Mound, Minnesota, went over on
a one yard plunge. The conversion
was no good, leaving the half time
score 13-12. Hibbing accounted for
the only second half scoring with
one third quarter TD on a 19 yard
running play.
Defensively, the Royals looked
sharp on some occasions as guard
Ron Nelson and veteran line -
backer Denny Sundeen shot
through the Hibbing line. How-ever,
the Hibbing backs marked
up a total of 226 net yards gain-ed.
Lundin's men gained 94 yards
by the air and a scant 62 on the
ground.
With more experience and prac-tice,
the Royals should improve
in their remaining seven games.
Considering the few full practices
the Royals had last week, Coaches
Lundin and Fredrickson have done
a noteworthy job with the blue
and gold squad.
Bethel
Hibbing
Net yds. rushing 62
174
Net yds. passing 94
52
First downs 9
8
Fumbles 4
6
Lost 1
3
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Shopping In
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Gray's Drugs
Snelling & Larpenteur
Track Team
Starts Soon
Track coach Fritz Fredrickson
announced yesterday that turnouts
are now being held for Bethel
cross-country team. "With the
first meet coming up in just a few
days," said Fritz, "we need every-one
that can run to come on out."
Coach Fredrickson also said that
at least seven men must compete
to make an official scoring team.
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Monday-1 p.m. till 6 p.m.
Tues. - Sat.-8 a.m. till 6 p,m,
A picturesque 20 minute drive in the country
(east on Highway 36) brings you to the doors of the
No. St. Paul Baptist Church
Margaret and 14th Ave. N.E.
Where there is rich opportunities for spiritual
inspiration, fellowship, and service
Hours of services are:
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m.
Gospel Hour 7:00 p.m.
Midweek Service, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
"A Glowing Church in a Growing Community"
Cultural Council Will
Sponsor Clubs, Festival
Dramatics, Art, Music and Film clubs plus a "Festival of Culture"
in the spring will be sponsored by the cultural council, Lawrence Van
Heerden, chairman, stated.
Plans are being organized by the council to have musical groups
from Hamline University and Macalester College as well as the Madrigal
singers perform at Bethel.
An attempt to decide a satisfactory film policy will be made by the
council and a faculty committee,
Lawrence announced. He added
that during the year several films
of entertaining and aesthetic value
will be shown.
4 New Majors
Now Offered
Falcon Heights
Pharmacy & Gift Shop
At a new and modern
location
1707 N. Snelling Ave.
Catiefrtaitt
eituita,
663 Como Ave. near Dale
Welcomes You
Worship Services 8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School 9 :45 a.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, September 19, 1957
Welcome Night Set Tomorrow at Como
Tomorrow night the Freshman Welcome Night program, following an all school picnic at the Como
pavilion will highlight the Freshman activities of the past two weeks.
The winning team, either blue or gold, will be announced at the program which is top secret accord-ing
to sophomore class president, Dwight Jessup. All students are welcome to attend.
The Freshman - Faculty reception will be held this Monday in the Bodien Lounge.
Other freshmen activities in-cluded
the Howdy Hike to Como
Park this morning, the retreat at
Big Trout Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday, Dorm "get-togethers,"
Talent Night, a Pep Fest, and a
Mixer.
Bob Reed, vice-president of the
Student Senate and chairman of
freshmen activities, stated that at
the retreat the committee and
counsellors tried to give each stu-dent
as much personal attention
as possible, because "we want
each one to feel welcome as an in-dividual."
The aim of the retreat was to
bring about an awareness "that
Bethel is a liberal arts college
with a Christian atmosphere," Bob
added. "It is not all fun, but a
see ious and enjoyable phase of
living."
Leaving Friday, September 20, for an overnight retreat at Camp
Lebanon near Upsala, Minnesota, will be about 100 choir and male
chorus members. There these students will participate in rigorous
rehearsals.
Gene Johnson, assistant profes-sor
of art, will counsel the Art
Club. The Music Club will be
headed by Ron Veenker, junior.
Lawrence requests that students
interested in either of the clubs
contact the person working with
the club.
Dalton Granted
Ph.D. In History
Associate professor of history,
Roy Dalton, was granted his Ph.D.
in history from the University of
Minnesota at the commencement,
July 18.
Dr. Roy Dalton
Dr. Dalton, in writing his thesis,
History of the Jesuit Estates,
1763-1888, spent three years in the
research and development of his
topic. Two of these summers were
spent in intensive study of the
public archives in Ottawa, Canada.
A great deal of the material was
taken from microfilm.
Receiving his B.A. from Bethel
in 1949, Dr. Dalton attended the
University of Minnesota graduate
school. Here he earned his M.A.
in 1950 and did his doctoral work.
In 1950 while still attending the
University, Professor Dalton start-ed
teaching at Bethel.
"My undergraduate work at
Bethel gave me more than ade-quate
background for graduate
studies", Dr. Dalton emphasized.
Four new majors are open to
Bethel students this year.
A B.A. in Christianity, parallel
to the B.A. in religion in other
colleges, includes studies in Bible
and areas of special Christian
significance, Clifford Larson, dean
of the college, stated. He added
that the purpose of this major is
"to provide a major for someone
who wants to concentrate on Bible
or get more specific college train-ing
for seminary work."
For students interested in re-search
or teaching, a major is be-ing
offered in the field of biologi-cal
science.
A major is also offered in chem-istry
for those interested in teach-ing
chemistry and physical science
or for a broader natural science
area including both physical and
biological science.
In addition to the regular soci-ology
major, a major in the field
of social work has been developed.
Religious education work is now
being integrated into the educa-tion
department but is also a major
toward a degree.
Spire Staff
Announced
Announcing the staff for the
'58 Spire, co-editors Pat Nichols,
senior, and Evan Rogers, junior,
state that "we feel we have an
excellent hard working staff, but
we are still looking for interested,
qualified freshmen to work on the
Spire."
Included on the staff are Bev-erly
Otterness, business manager;
Bob Carlson, photo editor and sem-inary
representative; Bob Fred-rickson,
art and layout editor;
Joel Stolte, sports editor; Lor-raine
Eitel, copy editor.
The Spire staff would like an
underclassman to work as an as-sistant
business manager and ask
anyone interested in this position
to contact Pat or Evan.
ALLAN'S STANDARD
SERVICE
Snelling and Larpenteur
Midway 6-9185
Complete Lubrication — Towing
Brake Work
Mr. C. Howard Smith, director
of the music department, states
that through this intensive music
workshop the choir and male
chorus will be able more quickly
to meet some of the immediate
demands on them for performance,
and also that new standards of
performance will be established.
Business managers for the male
chorus and the choir, Fred Thomas
and Robert Lindamen respectively,
are making arrangements for the
camp.
Big-N-Little Sis
Tea to be Held
The Big-N-Little Sis Tea, first
BWA activity of the school year,
is scheduled to be held Sept. 26 at
3 p.m.
Marilyn Junker, Big - N - Little
Sis chairman, says that the place
will be announced later.
Originally a Big-N-Little Sis
formal banquet was planned for
this fall but, because the dining
hall has not been completed, the
banquet had to be replaced by a
tea.
Frosh Return Home
by Lynn Weaver
Tuesday night four busloads of
screaming green freshmen invaded
the campus scattering hapless up-per-
classmen here and there. As
they met old friends they told of
their three-day stand at Big Trout
Lake.
The retreat, an annual part of
Freshmen Week, began with a de-votional
during which Gene John-son
created in chalk the head of
Christ and Roy Brottlund present-ed
in monologue, "Barabas."
Choosing from nearly one-hun-dred
sturdy freshmen, "The Un-
Organized Nine" beat the coun-selors
baseball team 13-9, which
by the way, was chosen from the
eleven upper classmen who attend-ed
the retreat.
The testimonies at the campfire
out on the point revealed the often
strange ways in which God leads
students to Bethel, and also evi-denced
the potential for the class
of '61.
President Lundquist and Deans
Larson and Anderson brought to
the retreat valuable insights into
Bethel, its "Standards and Heri-tage,"
"Purpose as a liberal arts
college", and "Student Affairs",
respectively.
Enjoying one of the popular amusements at the freshmen retreat is
Kent Sherwood. Prittle paddle often challenges one's finer abilities.
Choir, Chorus Retreat
Scheduled Sept. 20, 21
GREETINGS TO ALL BETHELITES
Central Baptist Church
Cordially invites you to share God's rich blessing and join in wor-ship,
praise and fellowship with Christians who love and care.
EVERY SUNDAY
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"A PROGRAM DESIGNED WITH YOUTH IN MIND"
Warren Magnuson, Pastor
Bud Lee, Youth Director
1 Block South and 1 Block West of University and Snelling. Ride the Bus to
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Milford Carlson, bursar, confers with freshmen girls Sharon
Skanse (left) and Lois Gotfredson (right) in the registration line.
6 Instructors Added
To Bethel Faculty
the CLARION
Volume XXXIV — No. 1
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, September 19, 1957
Approximately 500 Enrolled In College
• • • • • • • ��� • • • • • • •
Gustavus President To Speak At Opening Convo
Convocation Enrollment
Enrollment Remains
Same As Last Year
Joining the Bethel faculty this fall are two full time and four
part time instructors.
Mr. Chris Weintz is teaching full time in the English department
while finishing work for a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. After
receiving his M.A. in English and education from Northern State
teacher's college in Aberdeen, S. D., Mr. Weintz taught English in a
high school in Laramie, Wyo. Because he was raised in Canada, the
Romanian born instructor just recently became an American citizen.
Coaching debate, teaching beginning speech, and providing instruc-tion
and supervision for gospel teams will be the work of Mr. Q. T.
Smith, new speech instructor. Recently a Southern Baptist pastor in
Kansas, M. Smith is a graduate of Northwestern college and received
his M.A. inc speech from the University of Minnesota.
In the Sociology department, replacing Dr. David 0. Moberg who
is lecturing in the University of Broningen, the Netherlands, on a Full-bright
Lectureship are two part time instructors who are currently
working on their doctors' degrees at the University of Minnesota.
Mr. Harlan Mickelson will be carrying the major teaching lead.
After spending the summer on a fellowship at the University of Oslo,
Norway, he is now finishing his dissertation in the areas of criminology
and juvenile delinquency. Mr. Mickelson completed his undergraduate
work at St. Olaf college in North-field,
Minn., and taught last year
at Luther college in Iowa.
Teaching one course each sem-ester
in the area of the family will
be Mr. Roy Rodgers, who is re-search
assistant for Dr. Reuben
Hill at the University of Minne-sota.
8 Students
To Receive
Full Tuition
Scholarships
Dr. Edgar Carlson, president of
Gustavus Adolphus college in St.
Peter, Minnesota, will speak at the
opening convocation, 11 a.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 3, in the fieldhouse.
Honor scholarships providing
full tuition for the year will be
presented to three seniors and five
juniors.
Seniors receiving these scholar-ships
are George Dvirnak, Sylvia
Jackson, and Beverly Otterness.
Karen Christensen, Janet Lind-quist,
Evan Rodgers, Lynn Weaver,
and Gerry Wilber are the juniors
to be granted scholarships.
Scholarships of $500 and $200
will be awarded to two seminary
students who have not yet been
determined.
Faculty and students participat-ing
in the program will wear aca-demic
robes.
Honor scholarships are awarded
to students who have earned a 2.5
honor point ratio by the end of the
preceding year.
Receiving the scholarship for
the second time are George Dvir-nak
and Beverly Otterness.
Campus Calendar
September 19—Gospel team work-shop
20, 21—Choir and Chorus Re-treat
20—Pow Wow at Como (Kan-garoo
Court)
21—Football at Northland
23—Freshmen - Faculty recep-tion
24, 25, 26—Gospel team audi-tions
24—Art club
25—Big-N-Little Sis tea, 3 p.m.
26—Cultural council program
27—Seminary registration
28—Football at Wahpeton
29—Fall Round-Up, fairgrounds
30—Seminary registration
October 3—Honors Convocation
Dalton Appointed
CLARION Advisor
New faculty advisor for the
CLARION will be Roy C. Dalton,
associate professor of history.
When he was a Bethel student,
Dr. Dalton served on the CLARION
staff.
Gerry Wilber, college junior, has
been appointed CLARION feature
editor. During the past year Gerry
has been a reporter, feature wri-ter,
and photo editor.
Circulation manager for the year
will be Marilyn Pippert, sopho-more.
Jan Landes, returning sopho-more
will be the news editor.
When at Bethel two years ago,
Jan was active as a reporter and
news editor.
Fall Round-Up,
Formal Banquet
Set For 28, 5
Fall Round-Up, the variety show
with a western theme, will be held
at the fairgrounds Saturday, Sept.
28. There will be a chuck wagon,
bon fire, skits and much more, Art
Elcickson,- -social- council chairman,
announced. "All yokels can come,"
he added. They should bring blan-kets
and a quarter.
A formal banquet at the Bilt
Mor Motor Inn at Highway 100
and Junction 169 in South Minne-apolis
will be held the following
Saturday, October 5, following the
football game with Sioux Falls.
Speaker will be Jerry Kendall,
major league baseball player with
the Chicago Cubs, Gene Messenger
will M. C., and a 20 voice male
choral group will sing. Tickets
are $2.99 per person or $5.98 for
a couple.
Something has been planned for
every weekend, Art stated, adding
that he hopes students make good
use of their social calendars.
College, Sem
Redecorating
Completed
Redecorating was done in the
college and seminary buildings as
well as the dormitories.
In the college building the sec-ond
floor has been redone with new
light fixtures installed. The col-lege
office has been rebuilt, en-larging
the offices of Edna Schultz,
executive secretary, and Dean Lar-son.
In the Seminary, the former
dormitory floor is renovated with
new offices for the faculty. Dean
Omark, his secretary, and the new
registrar have new offices at the
south end of the building. A new
lounge is located in the basement
in place of the laundry and storage
rooms.
Unfortunately for those privi-leged
to live in the new wings of
the dormitories, the joy is some-what
belated. The charge for the
delay in completion of the' build-ings
is directed to the steel strike
of last year.
Unofficial word indicates that
the work in the girl's dorm is ex-pected
to be finished in about two
weeks and in the boys' dorm short-ly
after.
Meanwhile, as the dining hall
and the dorms are being complet-ed,
temporary eating accomoda-tions
have been set up on the fair
grounds. Interim housing for the
men has been arranged by install-ing
extra bunks in the present
rooms and in the library and Ed-gren
basement. Similar arrange-ments
have been made for the wo-men.
Although some inconvenience
is created, hopes are high for those
who will live in the new wings.
Another project being carried
on is the rebuilding of the boiler
plant. The building will house a
new boiler which should produce
adequate heat for the present
campus.
Two part time teachers from
local high schools have been em-ployed
to teach special methods
courses in education. Teaching
Special Methods in History and
Social Studies will be Dr. Roy
Meyers, head of the history and
social studies departments at
Mounds View high school in New
Brighton. Instructor in art at
Johnson high school in St. Paul,
Mrs. Helen McKinney, will teach
art education.
Because of the resignation of
Miss Marina Axeen, Dr. David
Guston has been designated as
acting librarian. Assisting him
half-time will be Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller who recently received a
masters degree in library science
from the University of Minnesota.
Among the new instructors on campus this year are Mr. Q. T.
Smith (left) and Mr. Chris Weintz, here discussing the college cata-logue.
Mr. Smith will teach in the Speech department and Mr. Weintz
in the English.
Approximately 475 - 500 had enrolled in all college classes by Tues-day
evening, according to an unofficial report from the college office.
This figure is comparable to the number of students registering
last year which was officially 498.
Although the breakdown into class is not complete, Clifford Lar-son,
dean of college, stated that the proportion is roughly the same.
There were about 225 freshmen who registered last year.
An increasing number of juniors have transferred from other four
year colleges to complete their courses of study at Bethel, Dean Larson
added.
He expressed his delight with the quality of students this year,
especially the ability of the incoming class, as shown by the leadership,
apptitude, and reference forms.
Last year the enrollment had in-creased
approximately 12 per cent
over the 428 enrollment in 1955.
Official registration figures will
be released by the college office
in three weeks.
Vicarious Something To Think On
by L. Van Heerden
Living "When Peter saw him (John), he said to Jesus, "Lord,
what about this man ?" Jesus said to him, "If it is my will
that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
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Bruce Richardson, editor
Carol Christensen, asst. editor
News editor: Jan Landes
Feature editor: Gerry Wilber
Sports editor: Dwight Jessup
Rewrite: Betty Hendrickson
Layout: Morris Anderson
Circulation manager: Marilyn
Pippert
Dr. Roy Dalton, Adviser
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Thursday, September 19, 1957
Editorials
Bethel Welcomes You
by Jack Tierney
"Welcome to Bethel." If you haven't heard that phrase enough al-ready
I am sure you will. I hope it does not impress you as something
trite and glibly stated. It certainly is not meant to be. For let us ask
ourselves what is involved when we say "Welcome to Bethel."
Are we welcoming you just to pit your speed and craftiness against
the motorist on Snelling Ave. in an attempt to get a morsel of food ?
Are we welcoming you to vast acres of shade covered lawns with little
babbling brooks called Bethel campus ? Are we welcoming you to the
piles of plaster dust in the unfinished dormitory additions ? Quite
obviously the answer would be no. These things may or may not exist
but when we say welcome it is not to these things. Rather we would
welcome you to self-realization.
As important as Bethel's physical appearance, scholastic rating,
athletic prowess, religious, cultural and social development may be,
it is only of value when you put it to use. Bethel is not just two
square blocks or seven buildings. It is not just literature, history or
science. It is not just gospel teams or football games. It is in a sense,
you. It is your opportunity to use provided facilities to increase your
intellectual capacities, contemplate and develop your Christian life, par-ticipate
in intercollegiate and intramural sports, and have a direct
hand in the governmental policies for the student body. In essence you
have the potential to develop and train yourself to become the best.
Again, welcome to Bethel. We sincerely hope that this year will
contain experiences for you that will be of great profit in all areas of
your development as you strive for a successful and victorious life.
CLARION Purpose Stated
Bethel is an organization of people with ideas and emotions. Be-cause
men trusted in God and worked in foregoing years, Bethel has
developed into the institution that it is today. We respect and love
its ideals and hopes.
No one though will defend Bethel as perfect yet. Students, staff,
faculty, administration, organizations, programs, ideas, ambitions, etc.
are all subject to human imperfection. To recognize this is the first
step toward betterment and truth.
Editorial columns are a vital part of any newspaper. It is in these
columns that facts and interpretation of these facts are given. Opin-ions
and ideas are added to give the facts meaning and importance to
the reader. The editorial writer's purpose, of course, is to persuade
readers to his opinions and at times to stimulate action. To do this
well and honestly, his reason must be keen, his insight discerning, and
his intentions directed to a positive good.
An editorial can be harmful if its only purpose is to ferret out
insignificant mistakes for sensational expose. But it is a useless tool
if it vainly babbles and ignores the serious problems of the institu-tion.
The editorial column can serve a positive good in not only pointing
to the truth but by showing ways of obtaining it.
The purpose of the CLARION as with any other paper is to report
the news in as clear and honest a way possible. Yet news coverage is
only a part of our task. We want to serve Bethel as a newspaper should
in our editorial column. We beg, that in this new year, that you, our
reader, will dismiss any prejudices that might have arisen in the past
and bear patiently with us as we try to direct the CLARION as a
positive force in making Bethel still better.
1116_,T FIND WS A LOT EASIER TO GET GATES NOW THATI HAVE A col
"Bethel, the House of God."
This, perhaps more than any
other factor, made us choose Bethel
for our liberal arts education.
As entering freshmen, we ex-pected
everyone on campus to be
"spiritual" Christians and hoped
for our life to be one continuous
"mountain top" experience.
Many of us were more than a
little disappointed to find out that
the people here are no different
than those we had always known.
There were a few like our pastor,
who lived the spiritual life we
just never seemed to be able to
live, but the majority were the
ordinary struggling-Christian type
we had left at home.
Disillusioned we slipped back
into the rut we were hoping to
avoid by coming to Bethel.
Almost accidentally we discov-ered
a few individuals with a fresh
approach to Christianity—a reali-zation
that although God is con-stant,
each individual's experience
with God is different.
A speaker evokes different res-ponses
from his audience when he
uses an emotionally loaded word
such as "mother" because of the
diverse backgrounds of the indivi-duals
in the audience. In much the
same way, people respond to God
differently because of their indivi-dual
backgrounds.
Realizing that our previous at-tempt
at knowing God had been
made by means of the experiences
of others—our pastor's, our Sun-day
School teacher's, our parent's,
our coming year at Bethel can be
be a year in which we end our
vicarious experience and begin a
vital knowledge of God.
We as young people have come
to college to live independently
of other people's experience in our
temporal life. Knowing that we
are individuals and that God is a
personal God, let us strive for in-dividuality
in our spiritual lives.
Zetteta to
de Ede:ten
Should be placed in the
box provided in the library
entrance.
me !
Even after the resurrection Peter was still too concerned about
the advances of his companion disciples. The remnants of jealousy
continued to gnaw within his breast. Jesus cut him short, in effect,
with a "mind your own business". I'm taking care of John and the
others. Your business is to follow me".
Jesus' advice to Peter can be a help to us. We live together at
Bethel in a somewhat closely knit community. More than that we are
in constant competition, consciously or not. Whether in the classroom,
on the athletic field, in the dorms, or in social relationships, we are
all involved in some kind of competition. In one sense this is healthy and
can be used to hammer out the best that is in us. On the other hand
it can easily lead to all kinds of fears, complexes, envyings and even
hatreds. Tragic though it is, our opportunities at Bethel can become
self-destructive.
Within reasonable limits, then, Jesus' advice to us is, "Mind your
own business." While always being eager to help another student, we
should at the same time leave everyone else to follow his intended
path and then concentrate on our particular tasks. Our goals should be
in line with our abilities. We should beat towards those goals regardless
of the success or failures of others. Each of us should follow our Christ,
not the next man's. In this way we can avoid fears (of another's suc-cesses),
uproot complexes and avoid jealousies. We can follow Christ
with single-mindedness.
"Art thou little, do thy little well,
And for thy comfort know,
The biggest man can do his biggest work
No better than just so."
Goethe
It Happens Every Fall
by Al Hubin
"Man the lifeboats — the freshmen are coming!"
This terrible cry heralds the end of another fine summer, and
the beginning of yet another freshmen invasion of Bethel. No longer
will the hallowed halls breathe with the quiet, pious, reverent whisper
of intelligent upperclassmen and partially indoctrinated freshmen.
No longer will common sense and justice reign. No longer will one
be able to think. And worst of all, no longer will one be able to play
ping-pong.
There will be freshmen everywhere — millions of them. Crawling,
jumping, creeping, slithering, galloping over every inch of the premises,
they will leave no gravestone unturned, no temper unriled, no head
unached. They will tackle the ping-pong tables with practiced vicious-ness,
every one of them. No matter how clumsy, each one will patiently
wait in line to flail wildly at a bit of celluloid but dimly seen, and
long will be remembered the wreckage thereof.
The chow line will be a jungle of horned-rim glasses, and myriads
of name cards pointing out that Joe Whothefrightisky is proudly from
Spot ?in-the-mul, Siberia. There will be what must be more than two
feet per, and the number of malignantly blank countenances will be
astounding. This collection will extend all over the women's dorm,
making it impossible for civilized people to eat. And even worse, when
one wishes to join friends at the head of the line, there will be diverse
exquisitely sharp elbows with freshmen on the other end to discourage
one.
Furthermore, when one is in a hurry to get to a class he is already
late for, there will be dozens of freshmen standing by, with faces even
blanker than normal, to inquire at length where such and such a class
is to be found, and why it isn't in a more sensible place. When this
has all been patiently rehashed many times, said freshmen will want
to know, a.) what time it is (back home on the farm we went by the
sun) b.) when do we eat (I'm hongry) and c.) why are you standing
here blocking the aisles. And all the while they're implying that some-how
you're enormously at fault everywhere.
Even worse is the little fellow with the "please, sir, where is my
mother" expression on his sad, small face, and equipped with a built-in
twitch. This one will pull nervously at your sleeve, and with a far-away,
shy, squeaky falsetto inquire as to the whereabouts of the lava-tory.
He will wear incredibly thick glasses which are practically opaque
and which he will be continually cleaning. He will submit to every
sophomore instigated indignity with nary a bleat, and he'll trudge
about the campus like a fellow carrying his household furniture on his
back. He looks to be about twelve.
Dorm life will be a small taste of fire and brimstone. An incredi-ble
racket will roll like waves about the halls, and in Edgren, Mr.
Walfred Peterson will be seen tearing out his already shortened hair
in huge bundles. At 11 p.m. the noise will increase a few thou-sand
decibels- and the following will be seen to occur in this order:
1. Upperclassmen looking wild-eyed, will streak to their rooms, and
begin soundproofing operations. 2. Any upperclassman sufficiently bless-ed
to be rooming with a freshman will commit suicide. 3. Mr. Peterson
will move his family to distant quarters with hitherto unimagined
velocity. There will be exceedingly much weeping and gnashing of
molars.
This may seem to be a bleak and dismal picture that's been painted
above. In fact, it may seem downright unliveable. (It is.) Well, I don't
give a hoot in a green beanie how bad it is. You see, I'm not attending
Bethel this year. I'm going to Wheaton where there are no freshmen.
(Editor's note: The foregoing article was reprinted upon request.)
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3233 Abbott Ave. N.
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Services
Worship 9 and 11 a.m.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
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1957 Football Schedule
Northland—T Sept. 21
Wahpeton S.—T Sept. 27, Fri.
Sioux Falls—H Oct. 5
Mason City—T _____ Oct. 10, Thurs.
Gen. Beadle—T Oct. 19
Worthington—H Oct. 26
(Homecoming)
Lakeland—T Nov. 2
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Frank Shindo, Youth Director
Morning Service
Sunday School
Special College Class
Evening Service
Youth Fellowship
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Thursday, September 19, 1957 the CLARION Page 3
Jessup's Sport Jottings Royals Drop Opener
"Even though we lost 19-12, it was a good first game. We made
a lot of mistakes, but considering that it was our first showing and
we had only a few practices, the team did fairly well". These were
Coach Lynn Lundin's comments after the Royals dropped a 19-12
game to Hibbing on the Ramsey High School field last Saturday.
Lundin also commented, "Barring injuries and other unforeseen develop-ments,
Bethel should have a much stronger team than last year."
The Hibbing coach said last Saturday that his team was much
stronger this year than last. Considering this and the fact that Hibbing
blanked the Royals 13-0 in their opener last year, it seems indicative
that Bethel's squad must be much improved. Northland, Bethel's
opponent this Saturday, spoiled last year's Homecoming games 35-6. —
"Fritz" Fredrickson is the Bethel line coach again this year. All
1957 home games (with the exception of homecoming) will be played
at Ramsey. This is a big improvement over Highland Park. Still
missing and much needed at home games are a public address system,
concession stand, and pep band.
Watch for Denver to win the American Association playoffs and
play in the Junior World Series. — Minnesota University should take
a trip to the Rose Bowl January 1. Led by Bobby Cox, who's been ac-claimed
All-American in pre-season selections, and with lettermen re-turning
in every position, the Gophers should squeeze by Michigan,
Iowa, and Michigan State to capture first in the Big Ten and rank high
nationally. We'll pick ever-powerful Oklahoma as national champs. —
If it's a Braves - Yankes World Series, it will be the Yanks in seven
games, but don't rule the Cardinals out of the National League pennant
yet. If they overtake Milwaukee, the Redbirds should take the Series.
Coach Lundin Says
Gridmen Have Potential
Out to better last year's disappointing Bethel grid season are 31
Royals who, according to Coach Lynn Lundin, have more "raw poten-tial"
than any other Bethel team in the last few years. Last year the
Royals won only one game — that by a score of 39-0 over Sioux Falls
College — and dropped six.
Twelve returning gridders increase the prospects of a more suc-cessful
1957 record. Led by Bruce Erickson, captain and quarterback
of the team, the lettermen include linesmen Dave Davies, Art Erickson,
Stu Luckman, Denny Nerstad,
Howie Rekstad, Joel Stolte, and
backs Jim Jackson, Rich Samuel-son,
Don Sension, Dennis Sundeen,
and Clyde Thomas.
Newcomers and freshmen in-clude
linesmen Bob ,Brister, Neil
Christenson, Sid Duren, Don John-son
(Oakland, Calif.), Don John-son
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Carl
Linden, Carl Nelson, Ken Nelson,
Ron Nelson, Alan Penner, Phil
Peterson, Frank Salveson, Stan
Sharman, and Tom Warden. New
backs are Ray Fahlen, Bill Hum-phries,
Bob Johnson, Roger Pur-cell,
and Conrad Woodall.
Stacieats, /Veal and Old
Calvary Baptist Church
Invites you to attend
Worship Services 8:45 and 11 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
C Y F 5 :30 p.m.
Evening Service 7:00 p.m.
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We invite you to attend
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Payne and Sims Avenues — St. Paul
Our services are as follows:
SUNDAY
9:45 a.m. — Bible School Hour
11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship.
6:00 p.m. — Youth Groups.
7:00 p.m. — Evening Service.
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m. — Midweek prayer service.
8:30 p.m. — Choir rehearsal.
J. LEONARD CARROLL LLOYD CUMMINGS
Pastor Youth Director
The Bethel backfield men stop a down field run of Hibbing. Bruce
Erickson, number 34, is this year's captain.
Athletic Council Plans
For Coming Season
by R. D. Johnson
The athletic council has been extremely busy these past few days
planning a myriad of activities for the school year, particularly the
already begun (somewhat unsuccessfully) football season.
'Cheerleading is the biggest item on the calendar at the present time
stated council head Bob Johnson.
"Turnouts will be held the last
of this week and are open to all
who would like to try. We are
greatly interested in promoting
school spirit this year and the
council is therefore concerned that
the most qualified leadership pos-sible
will be obtained," continued
Mr. Johnson.
Further plans for the athletic
council are to reorganize the intra-mural
program and to attempt to
expand the area of women's sports.
Better advertising of games as
well as the creation of pep clubs
and bands are slated in hopes of
increasing student interest and
participation in athletics.
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Hibbing Gains
1 9-1 2 Victory
Over Bethel
by Dennis Johnson
Hibbing Junior College ground
out a 19-12 victory over the Bethel
Royals last Saturday afternoon at
Alexander Ramsey high school
stadium.
Although the loss drenched the
hopes of Bethel winning their
opening game, the contest proved
interesting to the onlookers, most
of whom were registering fresh-men.
Hibbing began the afternoon by
recovering a costly fumble by the
Bethel backfield in their own end
zone. The extra point attempt was
missed. Bethel tied the game at
6-6 as Rich Samuelson, favored
with key downfield blocking,
caught a nine yard pass and romp-ed
46 yards to paydirt. Pat Ros-atti,
Hibbing's quarterback, tal-lied
a second quarter touchdown
on a 38 yard naked reverse run
around left end. Sogard kicked
the extra point to put Hibbing
ahead to stay. The Royals ended
the first half scoring as Bill
Humphries, 150 pound back from
Mound, Minnesota, went over on
a one yard plunge. The conversion
was no good, leaving the half time
score 13-12. Hibbing accounted for
the only second half scoring with
one third quarter TD on a 19 yard
running play.
Defensively, the Royals looked
sharp on some occasions as guard
Ron Nelson and veteran line -
backer Denny Sundeen shot
through the Hibbing line. How-ever,
the Hibbing backs marked
up a total of 226 net yards gain-ed.
Lundin's men gained 94 yards
by the air and a scant 62 on the
ground.
With more experience and prac-tice,
the Royals should improve
in their remaining seven games.
Considering the few full practices
the Royals had last week, Coaches
Lundin and Fredrickson have done
a noteworthy job with the blue
and gold squad.
Bethel
Hibbing
Net yds. rushing 62
174
Net yds. passing 94
52
First downs 9
8
Fumbles 4
6
Lost 1
3
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Track coach Fritz Fredrickson
announced yesterday that turnouts
are now being held for Bethel
cross-country team. "With the
first meet coming up in just a few
days," said Fritz, "we need every-one
that can run to come on out."
Coach Fredrickson also said that
at least seven men must compete
to make an official scoring team.
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Where there is rich opportunities for spiritual
inspiration, fellowship, and service
Hours of services are:
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m.
Gospel Hour 7:00 p.m.
Midweek Service, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
"A Glowing Church in a Growing Community"
Cultural Council Will
Sponsor Clubs, Festival
Dramatics, Art, Music and Film clubs plus a "Festival of Culture"
in the spring will be sponsored by the cultural council, Lawrence Van
Heerden, chairman, stated.
Plans are being organized by the council to have musical groups
from Hamline University and Macalester College as well as the Madrigal
singers perform at Bethel.
An attempt to decide a satisfactory film policy will be made by the
council and a faculty committee,
Lawrence announced. He added
that during the year several films
of entertaining and aesthetic value
will be shown.
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Thursday, September 19, 1957
Welcome Night Set Tomorrow at Como
Tomorrow night the Freshman Welcome Night program, following an all school picnic at the Como
pavilion will highlight the Freshman activities of the past two weeks.
The winning team, either blue or gold, will be announced at the program which is top secret accord-ing
to sophomore class president, Dwight Jessup. All students are welcome to attend.
The Freshman - Faculty reception will be held this Monday in the Bodien Lounge.
Other freshmen activities in-cluded
the Howdy Hike to Como
Park this morning, the retreat at
Big Trout Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday, Dorm "get-togethers,"
Talent Night, a Pep Fest, and a
Mixer.
Bob Reed, vice-president of the
Student Senate and chairman of
freshmen activities, stated that at
the retreat the committee and
counsellors tried to give each stu-dent
as much personal attention
as possible, because "we want
each one to feel welcome as an in-dividual."
The aim of the retreat was to
bring about an awareness "that
Bethel is a liberal arts college
with a Christian atmosphere," Bob
added. "It is not all fun, but a
see ious and enjoyable phase of
living."
Leaving Friday, September 20, for an overnight retreat at Camp
Lebanon near Upsala, Minnesota, will be about 100 choir and male
chorus members. There these students will participate in rigorous
rehearsals.
Gene Johnson, assistant profes-sor
of art, will counsel the Art
Club. The Music Club will be
headed by Ron Veenker, junior.
Lawrence requests that students
interested in either of the clubs
contact the person working with
the club.
Dalton Granted
Ph.D. In History
Associate professor of history,
Roy Dalton, was granted his Ph.D.
in history from the University of
Minnesota at the commencement,
July 18.
Dr. Roy Dalton
Dr. Dalton, in writing his thesis,
History of the Jesuit Estates,
1763-1888, spent three years in the
research and development of his
topic. Two of these summers were
spent in intensive study of the
public archives in Ottawa, Canada.
A great deal of the material was
taken from microfilm.
Receiving his B.A. from Bethel
in 1949, Dr. Dalton attended the
University of Minnesota graduate
school. Here he earned his M.A.
in 1950 and did his doctoral work.
In 1950 while still attending the
University, Professor Dalton start-ed
teaching at Bethel.
"My undergraduate work at
Bethel gave me more than ade-quate
background for graduate
studies", Dr. Dalton emphasized.
Four new majors are open to
Bethel students this year.
A B.A. in Christianity, parallel
to the B.A. in religion in other
colleges, includes studies in Bible
and areas of special Christian
significance, Clifford Larson, dean
of the college, stated. He added
that the purpose of this major is
"to provide a major for someone
who wants to concentrate on Bible
or get more specific college train-ing
for seminary work."
For students interested in re-search
or teaching, a major is be-ing
offered in the field of biologi-cal
science.
A major is also offered in chem-istry
for those interested in teach-ing
chemistry and physical science
or for a broader natural science
area including both physical and
biological science.
In addition to the regular soci-ology
major, a major in the field
of social work has been developed.
Religious education work is now
being integrated into the educa-tion
department but is also a major
toward a degree.
Spire Staff
Announced
Announcing the staff for the
'58 Spire, co-editors Pat Nichols,
senior, and Evan Rogers, junior,
state that "we feel we have an
excellent hard working staff, but
we are still looking for interested,
qualified freshmen to work on the
Spire."
Included on the staff are Bev-erly
Otterness, business manager;
Bob Carlson, photo editor and sem-inary
representative; Bob Fred-rickson,
art and layout editor;
Joel Stolte, sports editor; Lor-raine
Eitel, copy editor.
The Spire staff would like an
underclassman to work as an as-sistant
business manager and ask
anyone interested in this position
to contact Pat or Evan.
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Mr. C. Howard Smith, director
of the music department, states
that through this intensive music
workshop the choir and male
chorus will be able more quickly
to meet some of the immediate
demands on them for performance,
and also that new standards of
performance will be established.
Business managers for the male
chorus and the choir, Fred Thomas
and Robert Lindamen respectively,
are making arrangements for the
camp.
Big-N-Little Sis
Tea to be Held
The Big-N-Little Sis Tea, first
BWA activity of the school year,
is scheduled to be held Sept. 26 at
3 p.m.
Marilyn Junker, Big - N - Little
Sis chairman, says that the place
will be announced later.
Originally a Big-N-Little Sis
formal banquet was planned for
this fall but, because the dining
hall has not been completed, the
banquet had to be replaced by a
tea.
Frosh Return Home
by Lynn Weaver
Tuesday night four busloads of
screaming green freshmen invaded
the campus scattering hapless up-per-
classmen here and there. As
they met old friends they told of
their three-day stand at Big Trout
Lake.
The retreat, an annual part of
Freshmen Week, began with a de-votional
during which Gene John-son
created in chalk the head of
Christ and Roy Brottlund present-ed
in monologue, "Barabas."
Choosing from nearly one-hun-dred
sturdy freshmen, "The Un-
Organized Nine" beat the coun-selors
baseball team 13-9, which
by the way, was chosen from the
eleven upper classmen who attend-ed
the retreat.
The testimonies at the campfire
out on the point revealed the often
strange ways in which God leads
students to Bethel, and also evi-denced
the potential for the class
of '61.
President Lundquist and Deans
Larson and Anderson brought to
the retreat valuable insights into
Bethel, its "Standards and Heri-tage,"
"Purpose as a liberal arts
college", and "Student Affairs",
respectively.
Enjoying one of the popular amusements at the freshmen retreat is
Kent Sherwood. Prittle paddle often challenges one's finer abilities.
Choir, Chorus Retreat
Scheduled Sept. 20, 21
GREETINGS TO ALL BETHELITES
Central Baptist Church
Cordially invites you to share God's rich blessing and join in wor-ship,
praise and fellowship with Christians who love and care.
EVERY SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. — Morning Worship
9:45 a.m. — Bible School
11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship
5:30 p.m. — C Y F
7:15 p.m. — Gospel Service
8:30 p.m. — "After Glow"
"A PROGRAM DESIGNED WITH YOUTH IN MIND"
Warren Magnuson, Pastor
Bud Lee, Youth Director
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